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Prof Peter Love

  • PhD Operations Management (Monash University)
  • MSc Construction Management (Bath University)
  • BSc Quantity Surveying (University of Westminster)
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    • Role:
    • John Curtin Distinguished Professor
    • Department:
    • Dept of Construction Management
    • Location:
    • Art
    • Telephone:
    • +61 8 9266 4723

Professor Peter Love is a Fellow of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (FRICS). He is the recipient of 2010 Scopus Young Australian Researcher of the Year Award (Humanities and Social Science) and a member of the Australian Research Council’s Engineering and Environmental Science Panel for the 2010 Excellence in Australian Research Exercise. Professor Love is Adjunct Professor of Bond University, and a Visiting Professor to Brunel Business School, Brunel University in the UK. He retains close links with industry, and serves on several government-working committees. He has a wide range of industry experience, which he gained in the UK and Australia working as consultant project manager and a commercial manager for a multi-national construction and engineering organization. Professor Love has been a recipient of research grants from the Australian Research Council (ARC), Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and Research Grants Council (RGC) in Hong Kong. In addition, he regularly reviews research proposals submitted to the ARC, EPSRC, RGC, South African National Research Foundation (NRF), National Science Foundation (NSF) in the USA and the Georgian National Science Foundation.

Professor Love has a multi-disciplinary background and has varied research interests. He serves as an editorial advisory board member for several leading international journals, as well as acted as co-and-mini-track chair at numerous international conferences. He currently has co-authored/edited six books and has authored/co-authored over 400 internationally refereed research papers, which have appeared in leading international journals such as Journal of Management Information Systems, Information and Management, European Journal of Operations Research, European Journal of Information Systems, IEEE Transaction on Engineering Management, International Journal of Production Economics, and Journal of Management Studies. Professor Love has more than 4000 citations and a current h-Index of 41 (as at 1st June 2011).

Research Interests

  • Infrastructure Procurement
  • Accident Analysis and Prevention
  • High Reliability Organisations
  • Error Causation
  • Design and Engineering Management
  • System Dynamics
  • Informations Systems Evaluation

Research Projects

Current Research Projects include:

  • Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery for 2007-2009 ($220,000) “Dynamic Life Cycle Evaluation of Customer Relationship Management Systems”
  •  Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery for 2008-2010, ($250,000) “Strategic Evaluation Model for Business-to-Business Electronic Marketplace Participation”

Recently Completed Projects include:

  • Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery for 2003-2005 (A220,000) "Classifying the Indirect Costs of Information Systems and Information Technology in Business"
  • Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery for 2004-2006 ($A379 000) “Forensic Management Approach to Rework Mitigation in Project Systems”
  • Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage for 2004-2008 ($A475,000) “Information Systems Enabled Corporate Transformation: Evaluation of eCRM in the Service Sector” – Industry Partner Burswood Limited,
  • Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage for 2004-2008 ($A635,000) “Optimising Value for Money in Software Development through Standardised Cost Metrics in the Procurement, Development and Project Management Phases” – Industry Partner ADI Limited, Department of Defence, and Praetorium Pty Ltd, 
  •  Cooperative Research Centre for Construction Innovation for 2005-2007 ($150,000) “Procurement Selection Toolkit”
  • Cooperative Research Centre for Construction Innovation for 2007-2009 ($85,000) ‘Alternative Dispute Resolution in Construction Projects”

Teaching - Undergraduate

  • Cost Planning
  • Research Methods
  • Project Management
  • Information Technology in Construction

Teaching - Postgraduate

Currently supervising the following PhD Students:

  • Michael Sing – “Manpower Forecasting in the Construction Industry”
  • Robert Lopez – “Design Error Containment and Management” (completed, May 2011)
  • Mohamed Yamani – “Strategic Planning of SME’s”
  • Noel Mitchell – “Benchmarking Oil and Gas Project Performance”
  • Andy Lei – “Evaluation of 4-D CAD: Costs, Benefits and Risks for Mining projects"

 

Memberships

  • Fellow, Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors
  • Member of the Australian Institute of Building
  • Member of the Australian Institute of Management
  • Member of the Chinese Research Institute of Construction Management
  • Member of the Institute of Cost Engineers
  • Member of the International Society for Productivity Enhancement, Member of the Systems Dynamics Society
  • Member of the Concurrent Engineering Research Institute

Awards

  • 2011 Outstanding Reviewer for the journal Construction Innovation
  • 2011 Outstanding Reviewer for the International Journal of Managing Projects in Business
  • 2010, Appointed John Curtin Distinguished Professor by Curtin University
  • 2010 Scopus Young Australian Researcher of the Year Award (Humanities and Social Science),
  • Certificate of Recognition for scientific contributions to the Georgian Academy of Science 2010
  • Best Paper Award "Love, P.E.D., Irani, Z., and Edwards, D.J. (2004). A Rework Reduction Model for Construction Projects. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management 51(4), pp.426-440".
  • Oustanding paper award "Treloar, G., McCoubrie, A., LOVE, P.E.D., and Iyer-Raniga, U. (1999). An Embodied Energy Analysis of Fixtures, Fittings and Furniture in Office Buildings: A Case Study. Facilities 17(11), pp.403-410.

Scholarly Recognition

  • Recognition for being one of the most productive contributors to have contributed to Information and Management (IF = 2.358). Refer to 44, pp.1-11, 2007.
  • Recognised as being the second most productive contributor from 2000 to have contributed to the European Journal of Information Systems (IF = 1.202). Refer to 17(6), 2008. 
  • Recognition within the Pacific Asia Journal of the Association for Information Systems 1(1), Article 7, for being the 4th most productive author in the Asia Pacific Region to have published in the top six IS journals between 2003-2007.

 

Publications

Refereed Articles (Scholarly Journals)

  • Love, P, Goh, Y, Brown, H, and Spickett, J. 2011. Organizational Accidents: A Systematic Model of Production versus Protection. Journal of Management Studies .
  • Davis, P, Edwards, D, Watson, H, and Love, P. 2010. Rework in Civil Infrastructure Projects: Determination of Cost Predictors. ASCE Journal of Construction, Engineering and Management 136: 275-282.
  • Bullen, P, and Love, P. 2010. The rhetoric of adaptive reuse or reality of demolition: Views from the field. Cities: The International Journal of Urban Policy and Planning 27: 215-224.
  • Standing, S, Standing, C, and Love, P. 2010. A review of research on e-marketplaces 1997-2008. Decision Support Systems 49: 41-51.
  • Love, P, Ellis, J, Cheung, S, and Davis, P. 2010. Dispute causation: identification of pathogenic influences in construction. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management 17(4): 404-423.
  • Davis, P, Ellis, J, Love, P, and Cheung, S. 2010. A systemic view of dispute causation. International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 3(4): 661-680.
  • Love, P, Davis, P, and Baccarini, D. 2010. Dismantling the public sector bastion: evaluating capital works. International Journal of Public Sector Management 23(3): 188-202.
  • Love, P, Davis, P, and Mistry, D. 2010. Price Competitive Alliance Projects: Identification of Success Factors for Public Clients. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management 136(9): 947-956.
  • Edwards, D, Love, P, and irani, Z. 2010. Work Stress, Support and Mental Health in Construction. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management 136(6): 650-658.
  • Standing, C, Love, P, and Stockdale, R. 2010. Managing the transition to global electronic markets in the resource engineering sector. Journal of Enterprise Information Management 23(1): 56-80.
  • Lopez, R, Love, P, Edwards, D, and Davis, P. 2010. Design Error Classification, Causation, and Prevention in Construction Engineering. Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities 24: 399-408.
  • Worrall, D, Love, P, and Davis, P. 2010. Occupational licencing of building trades: Case of Western Australia. Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education & Practice 136(4): 215-223.
  • Baccarini, D, Darrell, V, and Love, P. 2010. Demystifying the Folklore of the Accidental Project Manager in the Public Sector. Project Management Journal 41(5): 56-63.
  • Goh, Y, and Love, P. 2010. Adequacy of personal fall arrest energy absorbers in relation to heavy workers. Safety Science 48: 747-754.
  • Mills, A, Love, P, and Williams, P. 2009. Defect Costs in Residential Construction. ASCE Journal of Construction, Engineering and Management 135: 12-16.
  • Love, P, Edwards, D, irani, Z, and Standing, C. 2009. Beyond the Red Queen syndrome: CRM technology and building material suppliers. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management.. 16(5): 459-474.
  • Love, P, and Bullen, P. 2009. Towards the sustainable adaptation of existing facilities. Facilities 27: 357-367.
  • Love, P, irani, Z, Walker, D, and Edwards, D. 2009. Project Pathogens: The Anatomy of Omission Errors in Construction and Resource Engineering Project. IEEE Transactions in Engineering Management 56(3): 425-455.
  • Love, P, Sims, I, and Standing, C. 2009. IT non-conformity in institutional environments: E-marketplace adoption in the government sector. Information and Management 46: 138-149.
  • Sharif, A, irani, Z, and Love, P. 2009. Mapping knowledge management and organiszational learning in support of organizational memory. International Journal of Production Economics 122: 200-215.
  • Smith, J, Edwards, D, Walker, D, and Love, P. 2009. Divergence or Congruence? A Path Model or Rework for Building and Civil Engineering Projects. Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities 23: 480-488.
  • Love, P, Davis, P, and Baccarini, D. 2009. Bills of Quantities:nemesis or nirvana?. Structural Survey 27(2): 99-108.
  • Love, P, and Bullen, P. 2009. Residential regeneration and adaptive reuse: learning from the experiences of Los Angeles. Structural Survey 27: 351-360.
  • Ng, T, Palaneeswaran, E, Kumaraswamy, M, and Love, P. 2008. Mapping rework causes and effects using artificial neural networks. Building Research and Information 36: 450-465.
  • Wyatt, R, Smith, J, and Love, P. 2008. Key decision-making attributes for project inception. Facilities 26: 289-309.
  • irani, Z, Love, P, and Edwards, D. 2008. Forensic Project Management: An Exploratory Examination of the Casual Behavior of Design-Induced Rework. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management 55: 234-247.
  • Love, P, Davis, P, Edwards, D, and Baccarini, D. 2008. Uncertainty avoidance: public sector clients and procurement selection. International Journal of Public Sector Management 21(7): 753-776.
  • irani, Z, Love, P, and Jones, S. 2008. Learning lessons from evaluating eGovernment: Reflective case experiences that support transformational government. Journal of Strategic Information Systems 17: 155-164.
  • Love, P, and irani, Z. 2007. Coping and psychological adjustment among information technology personnel. Industrial Management and Data Systems 107: 824-844.
  • Standing, C, Love, P, and Stockdale, R. 2007. Hybrid buyer-supplier relationships in global electronic markets. Information and Organization 17: 89-109.
  • Stockdale, R, Love, P, and Standing, C. 2007. Leveraging Global Markets: Lessons from Alcoa Alumina. International Journal of Information Management 27: 432-437.
  • Love, P, Themistocleous, M, Standing, C, and irani, Z. 2007. Influence of job demands, job control and social support on information systems professionals' psychological well-being. International Journal of Manpower 28: 513-528.
  • irani, Z, Sharifi, M, and Love, P. 2007. Knowledge mapping for Information Systems evaluation in manufacturing. International Journal of Production Research 45(11): 2435-2457.
  • Wright, B, Love, P, Edwards, D, and Yang, J. 2007. Establishing the link between plant operator performance and personal motivation. Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology 5: 173-187.
  • Standing, C, guilfoyle, A, Lin, C, and Love, P. 2006. The Attribution of Success and Failure in IT Projects. Industrial Management and Data Systems 106(8): 1148-1165.
  • Love, P, and Edwards, D. 2005. Taking the pulse of UK construction project managers' health. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management 12(1): 88-101.
  • Lin, C, irani, Z, Standing, C, Burn, J, and Love, P. 2005. The enigma of evaluation: Benefits, costs and risks of IT in Australian small-medium-sized enterprises. Information and Management 42(7): 947-964.
  • Edwards, D, Love, P, and Tse, R. 2005. Time-Cost Relationships in Australian Buildings Construction Projects. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management 131(2): 187-194.
  • Love, P, Edwards, D, and irani, Z. 2004. A Rework Reduction Model for Construction Projects. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management 51: 426-440.
  • Baccarini, D, Salm, G, and Love, P. 2004. Management of risks in information technology projects. Industrial Management and Data Systems 104: 286-294.
  • Love, P. 2002. Influence of Project Type and Procurement Method on Rework Costs in Building Construction Projects. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management 128(1): 18-29.

Fully written papers (Refereed Conference proceedings)

  • Davis, P, Goh, Y, Lopez, R, and Love, P. 2011. Systemic Modelling of Design Error Causation in Social Infrastructure Projects. The Twelfth East Asia-Pacific Conference on Structural Engineering and Construction (EASEC-12), 16/01/2011. Hong Kong: Elsevier Ltd.
  • Love, P, TAM, C, Goh, Y, and Lopez, R. 2011. What Goes up, Shouldn't Come down: Learning from Construction and Engineering Failures. The Twelfth East Asia-Pacific Conference on Structural Engineering on Construction (EASEC-12), 16/01/2011. Hong Kong: Elsevier Ltd.
  • Smith, J, Bullen, P, Love, P, and Niedzwiecki, M. 2010. A Model for Sustainable Innovation. 2010 International Conference on Construction and Real Estate Management, 01/12/2010. Brisbane, Australia: China Architecture and Building Press.
  • Goh, Y, Robson, S, Hogg, K, and Love, P. 2010. Burning down the house: Burnout and sense of coherence among real estate agents. COBRA 2010, 02/09/2010. Paris: RICS.
  • Smith, J, Love, P, and Regan, M. 2010. Comparative Procurement Methodology Analysis in Australia: A New Approach. CIB World Congress 2010: Building a Better World, 10/05/2010. Salford Quays, Manchester UK: The University of Salford, Salford UK.
  • Love, P, Goh, Y, and Smith, J. 2010. Error Beget Error: Learning to Reduce Design Errors. 2010 International Conference on Construction and Real Estate Management, 01/12/2010. Brisbane, Australia: China Architecture and Building Press.
  • Love, P, Regan, M, and Smith, J. 2010. Procurement Method Selection in Practice: A Journal to Discover the Optimal. CIB World Congress 2010: Building a Better World, 10/05/2010. Salford Quays, Manchester, UK: The University of Salford, School of Built Environment, Maxwell Building, Salford, UK.
  • Han, S, Love, P, and Goh, Y. 2010. Rework in complex offshore projects: The case of oil and gas tension leg platforms. COBRA 2010, 02/09/2010. Paris: RICS.
  • Love, P, and Davis, P. 2010. Rework in the design, construction and operation of floating production storage offloading hydrocarbon projects. AUBEA 2010, 14/07/2010. Melbourne Australia: MSD.
  • Love, P. 2009. Forensic Project Management: Simulation Modelling od Rework in Construction Projects. Twelfth International Conference on Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Computing., 01/09/2009. Funchal, Madeira, Portugal,: Saxe-Coburge Publications.
  • Love, P, and Ellis, J. 2009. Knowledge Sharing, Learning and Situated Practice: Communities of Practice for Projects. European and Mediterranean Conference on Information Systems, 13/07/2009. The Crown Plaze, Izmir: EMCIS.
  • Evans, P, Davis, P, Love, P, and Ellis, J. 2009. Prometheus unbound: Unravelling the underlying nature of disputes. COBRA 2009, 10/09/2009. Cape Town South Africa: RICS.
  • Love, P, Regan, M, and Smith, J. 2009. Public Private Partnership: What does the future hold?. The Construction and Building Research Conference of the RICS, 10/09/2009. Cape Town, South Africa: RICS.
  • Standing, C, Love, P, and Standing, S. 2008. A review of research on e-marketplaces 1997-2007. PACIS 2008. 12th Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems. Leveraging ICT for Resilient Organizations and Sustainable Growth in the Asia Pacific Region., 03/07/2008. Suzhou, People's Republic of China: PACIS.
  • Standing, C, Standing, S, and Love, P. 2008. An Analysis of E-Market Place Literature. MIC 2008 Management International Conference: Intercultural Dialogue and Management. 9th International Conference., 26/11/2008. Barcelona, Spain: IE Med. European Institute of the Mediterranean.
  • Jasper, T, Davis, P, London, K, and Love, P. 2008. Causal Modelling of Construction Disputes. 24th Annual Conference of ARCOM, 01/09/2008. University of Glamorgan, Cardiffm Wales, UK: ARCOM.
  • Love, P, gharavi, H, and Merchant, V. 2008. CRM Technology and Building Material Suppliers. European and Mediterranean Conference on Information Systems 2008, 25/05/2008. Dubai: EMCIS 2008.
  • Love, P, Palaneeswaran, E, Tam, C, and Ramanathan, M. 2008. Design audits in construction projects- A Hong Kong perspective. 4th International Conference on Forensic Engineering: From failure to understanding, 02/12/2008. London: Thomas Telford Publishing.
  • Lopez, R, Davis, P, Jasper, T, and Love, P. 2008. It's Not Just About Bricks and Mortar: Procedural Failures in Construction. 24th Annual Conference of ARCOM, 01/09/2008. University of Glamorgan, Cardiff Wales, UK: ARCOM.
  • Love, P, and gharavi, H. 2008. On the interplay between regulatory rigidity and the strategic differentiation: a cross-sector critical realist analysis. European and Mediterranean Conference on Informative Systems 2008, 25/05/2008. Dubai, UAE: EMCIS2008.
  • Wilson, G, Lopez, R, Baccarini, D, Love, P, and Davis, P. 2008. Procurement Selection in Public Sector: A Tale of Two States. Client Driving Innovation, 12/03/2008. Gold Coast: CRC Construction Innovation.
  • Love, P, and Standing, C. 2007. Delivering the Business Value of Information Technology: Evaluation Practices of Construction SMEs. Conference on Information Management and Internet Research, 06/11/2007. Edith Cowan University: Edith Cowan University.
  • Lopez, R, Love, P, Davis, P, Baccarini, D, and Wilson, G. 2007. Opening Pandora's Box: Revisiting procurement selection in the public sector. The Third Scottish Conference for Postgraduate Researchers of the Built and Natural Environment (PRoBE), 20/11/2007. Glasgow Caledonian University: Glasgow Caledonian University, Scotland.
  • Love, P, Lopez, R, Edwards, D, and Davis, P. 2007. Prometheus and Bob: Understanding measurement and implications of emotional intelligence. The Third Scottish Conference for Postraguate Researchers of the Built and Natural Environment (PRoBE), 20/11/2007. Glasgow Caledonian University: Glasgow Caledonian University, Scotland.
  • Lopez, R, Love, P, Davis, P, and Bullen, P. 2007. The Sword of Domceles: Error containment and reduction in projects. The Third Scottish Conference for Postgraduate Researchers of the Built and Natural Environment (PRoBE), 20/11/2007. Glasgow Caledonian University: Glasgow Caledonian University, Scotland.
  • Lin, C, Love, P, guilfoyle, A, and Standing, C. 2005. The Attribution of Success and Failure by IS Project Professionals. Proceedings of the Sixteenth Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS 2005), 30/11/2005. Sydney, Australia: Australasian Chapter of the Association for Information Systems.
  • Davis, P, Smith, J, Love, P, Baccarini, D, and Jim, G. 2003. Building a symbiotic relationship between academia and industry: expectations and observations of construction management graduates. AUBEA 2003: Working Together, 01/07/2003. Victoria: Deakin University.
  • Salm, G, Baccarini, D, and Love, P. 2003. Management of Risks in Information Technology Projects. 14th Australian Conference on Information Systems 2003, 01/11/2003. Perth: www.we-bccentre.com working with e'business.